Obama came to town. I've never been to a political rally before. I vote, periodically rather than religiously, and until recently was a registered non-committal. But then I moved to Boise.
I've lived in the suburbs, bought a new house in a new subdivision once, ate at national chain restaurants, shopped at national chain stores, got groceries from a national chain... it could have been anywhere USA. But then I moved to Boise.
I still get groceries at a national chain but since it's the first Albertsons store, I don't think of it that way. I live downtown, in a house that was originally built in 1906. The foundation is all that remains of that original house but the architecture and style echo back to that era. And I registered as a democrat which brings me back to Obama's rally.
He flew into Boise for a rally three days before the democratic caucus. The whole family got up early on Saturday morning and headed to the university arena. We arrived in plenty of time but the line to get in stretched around the football stadium and across the parking lot. There was an excitement, a sense of something new, something historic. We made it in to the arena along with 14,000 others and watched Obama speak. He talked of change, of hope, of something better....
That's what life in this northern town is like for me: a change, a new hope for something better both for me and my family.
I've lived in the suburbs, bought a new house in a new subdivision once, ate at national chain restaurants, shopped at national chain stores, got groceries from a national chain... it could have been anywhere USA. But then I moved to Boise.
I still get groceries at a national chain but since it's the first Albertsons store, I don't think of it that way. I live downtown, in a house that was originally built in 1906. The foundation is all that remains of that original house but the architecture and style echo back to that era. And I registered as a democrat which brings me back to Obama's rally.
He flew into Boise for a rally three days before the democratic caucus. The whole family got up early on Saturday morning and headed to the university arena. We arrived in plenty of time but the line to get in stretched around the football stadium and across the parking lot. There was an excitement, a sense of something new, something historic. We made it in to the arena along with 14,000 others and watched Obama speak. He talked of change, of hope, of something better....
That's what life in this northern town is like for me: a change, a new hope for something better both for me and my family.
